Teams

Who's in your team? Most of us would immediately list our colleagues, maybe our line manager, possibly even one or two 'exdended' members of other teams that we work closely with. The concept of teams is well documented and the impact of changes in teams is also covered well in literature. What is often missing is what it feels like to be in a team that works well or worse one that is clearly disfunctional. My view of teams is that they should never be too clearly defined. What I mean by that is the more you 'ring fence' or define teams the more you have the potential for building barriers. Asking memebrs of other teams to join in meetings or presenting information that could be useful to our own team will help build strong working relationships. Don't be too precious about who is 'in' and who is not, just keep things fluid and as open as possibel. Teams are in my view organic and need to breath so putting restriction on them is counterproductive. Enjoy and celerbate the differneces and challenge everyone to rethink how they interact with those on the edges of the core.